Induction, Probability, and Skepticism - Rilegato

Chattopadhyaya, D. P.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0791406814 ISBN 13: 9780791406816

Casa editrice: State Univ of New York Pr, 1991

Riassunto

In this book, Chattopadhyaya examines the epistemological and methodological implications of induction and probability. Opposed to foundationalism and the thesis of certainty of human knowledge, he has defended a qualified form of fallibilism and constructive kind of skepticism.

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Informazioni sull?autore

D. P. Chattopadhyaya is Professor of Philosophy, Jadavpur University, Calcutta. The author of thirteen books and over eighty articles, he was a past President of Indian Philosophical Congress. He is Chairman of the Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR), and President of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study. Among his books are Individuals and Societies: A Methodological Inquiry; Individuals and Worlds: Essays in Anthropological Rationalism; Human Meanings and Existences; Sri Aurobindo and Karl Marx; Knowledge, Freedom, and Language; and Anthropology and Historiography of Science.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: State Univ of New York Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0791406814
• ISBN 13: 9780791406816
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 448
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile